Low pressure area forms over Bay of Bengal off T.N. coast
The districts of northern Odisha and coastal West Bengal may experience heavy rain later this week as a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department said.
The low-pressure area formed over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu and the south Andhra Pradesh coast.
It is very likely to move northeastward and concentrate into a depression over central parts of the Bay of Bengal by the morning of May 24, the IMD said.
The weather system is likely to move northeastward, intensify further and reach the northeast and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by the evening of May 25, it said in a bulletin.
The department asked the fisherfolk to return to the coast by May 23. It advised them not to venture into the south and adjoining Bay of Bengal from May 23 and into the north Bay of Bengal from May 24 till May 26, as sea conditions are likely to be rough to very rough.
Squally weather with wind speeds reaching 35–45 kmph and gusting up to 55 kmph is likely over the south Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. It would gradually increase to 50–60 kmph, gusting up to 70 kmph over the north Bay of Bengal on May 24 and over the northeast Bay of Bengal on May 25.